"Today’s extremely high winds have caused additional power outages across the state, especially in the northern areas," said Garrick Rochow, the utility’s vice president of energy delivery. "We are bringing in additional crews to address these outages."

The National Weather Service says the highest snowfall totals as of Friday afternoon were 19.6 inches near Gaylord in the northern Lower Peninsula and 18 inches in Chippewa County's Kinross Township in the eastern Upper Peninsula.Dozens of northern Michigan schools closed because of weather, giving students an early start to the holiday break.

Counties still without power:

Charlevoix (500)

Cheboygan (2,928)

Clare (3,829)

Crawford (1,628)

Emmet (108)

Gladwin (685)

Grand Traverse (3,078)

Iosco (3,116)

Isabella (167)

Jackson (627)

Kalamazoo (565)

Lake (1,033)

Leelanau (5,265)

Manistee (4,068

Mason (1,584)

Missaukee (364)

Oceana (1,818)

Osceola (608)

Oscoda (644)

Otsego (1,791)

Ottawa (4,587)

Roscommon (1,823)

Van Buren (2,178)

Wexford (561)

Customers who lose heat during an extended outage can go to a designated public shelter.

"Because of the size of this winter storm, customers who have been without electric service may not have their power restored until late Sunday, " Rochow said

In most counties, residents can dial 2-1-1 to receive shelter information.

In addition, using a mobile phone, residents can text "SHELTER" then their ZIP code to 43362 (4FEMA).